Shirt holder



y 1951 c. L. MANNERVIK 2,560,298

' SHIRT HOLDER Filed May 2a, 1946 Patented July 10, 1951 OFFICE SHIRTHOLDER Carl Otto Leonard Mannervik, Oskarshamn, Sweden Application May23, 1946, Serial No. 671,788

" In Sweden December 6, 1945 4 Claims. (01. 22341) The present inventionrefers to shirt holders in the form of a piece of sheet material to bethrust into a shirt to keep it settled in stock or for display andhaving a foldable flap member secured thereto and adapted to bear on thelower portion of the shirt, which is to be folded rearwardly andupwardly about said frame member toward the neck-band or collar of theshirt.

The invention is principally distinguished by the combined features thatthe folding or crease line of the flap member on the frame member islocated at a distance underneath the upper edge of the frame member,that the upper edge of the frame member has a projection adapted toenter the neck-band or collar of the shirt to form a support for saidneck-band or collar and that stay strips are provided within the borderof the frame over which the sleeves are folded.

Th invention will be described more closely hereinafter with referenceto a few forms of embodiment illustrated by way of example in theaccompanying drawings.

Fig. l is a plan view of a shirt holder embodying the invention, andFigs. 2-5 are plan views showing the holder and a shirt in the differentstages of the folding of the shirt on the holder.

In the form of embodiment illustrated in Figs. 1-5, 473 designates theframe member proper, which may be made from paste-board, carton or thelike. An opening 25 is provided in the frame member by three incisions.Extending from the upper uncut side is the flap 50 which at its securingedge is preferably provided with a crease line so as to permit of beingfolded conveniently from the plane of the frame member b. Furthermore,there are sleeve holding strip members 2| and 22 cut out along the sidesof the flap 50, said strip members being attached to the frame member4b, one 22, of the strip members having preferably a crease line 3a soas to permit of being readily folded out from the plane of the framemember 4b, while the other strip member 2| may be without such a creaseline. At or near its lower edge, the flap 5c shows projecting clampingmembers 26 intended to grip about the sides of the frame member and theshirt.

In the securing of the shirt 21, one proceeds so that the holder isplaced upon the shirt which is spread out with the back side thereofturned upwardly, the portion 6 being thrust underneath the collar. Afterthat, the flap 5c and the strip member 22 are folded up into theposition shown in Fig. 2. The one (right hand) side of the shirt is thenfolded about the long edge of the holder, the appurtenant sleeve 23being stretched and back over the same, whereupon it is pressed intoordinary folds, the cuff portion being taken over the edge of the framemember to the front side. After that, the other (left hand) side of theshirt is folded about the corresponding edge of the frame member in themanner shown in Fig. 3. The appertaining sleeve 24 is stretched, and thestrip member 22 is folded down, whereupon the sleeve is folded about thestrip member 22 and back, the same being then pressed in the ordinarymanner, with the cuff portion folded over, to the front side of theshirt, as shown in Fig. 4. The lower portion of the shirt is then foldedupwardly toward the neck-band, whereupon the flap 5c is folded down intothe position shown in Fig. 5. The clamping members 26 are taken aboutthe side edges of the packed shirt and clamped or secured in theirpositions in any suitable manner.

What I claim is:

1. A shirt holder comprising, in combination,

a substantially rectangular frame member con-, sisting of a piece ofsheet material to be thrust into a shirt to keep it settled in stock orfor display, a projection on the upper end of said frame member adaptedto enter the neck-band or 001- lar of the shirt to form a support forsaid neckband or collar, an elongated central flap member hinged at oneend on said frame member below the upper edge thereof, and sleeveholding strip members located within the boundary of said frame memberand laterally of said central flap member, said strip members beingconnected at one end to said frame member and adapted to support thesleeves of the shirt in the folding of the same on the shirt holder.

2. A shirt holder comprising, in combination, a substantiallyrectangular frame member consisting of a piece of sheet material to bethrust into a shirt to keep it settled in stock or for display, aprojection on the upper end of said frame member adapted to enter theneck-band or collar of the shirt to form a support for said neckband orcollar, an elongated central flap member hinged at one end on said framemember below the upper edge thereof, and strip members cut out from thematerial within the boundary of said frame member flanking said centralflap member, said strip members being connected at one end to said framemember and adapted to support the sleeves of the shirt in the folding ofthe same on the shirt holder.

3. A shirt holder comprising, in combination, a substantiallyrectangular frame member consisting of a piece of sheet material to bethrust into a shirt to keep it settled in stock or for display, aprojection on the upper end of said frame member adapted to enter theneck-band or collar of the shirt to form a support for said neckband orcollar, an elongated central flap member hinged at one end on said framemember below the upper edge thereof, and strip members out out from thematerial within the boundary of said frame member flanking said centralflap member and connected at one end to said frame to support thesleeves of the shirt in the folding of the same on the shirt holder,said central flap member and said strip members extending from the sameend portion of said frame member.

4. A shirt holder as claimed in claim 3, wherein both of said stripmembers have a crease, linearljacent the point of connection thereof tothe frame to facilitate their folding out from said frame member.

OTTO LEONARD MANNERVIK,

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